How Deep Have Humans Dug Into the Earth? Some projects are impressively deep, but still only scratch the surface in relative terms.

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Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List. The master of popular entertainment put his heart and soul into this very personal project.

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Our 10 Most Anticipated Comics of 2018. New ideas and new forms will expand the definition of the genre.

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The Real-World Architecture of Luke Skywalker’s Jedi Hideaway. The island scenes of The Last Jedi were filmed on Ireland's Skellig Michael, which has existing ancient stone huts.

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Thomas Edison’s Forgotten Sci-Fi Novel. His contentious collaboration with George Parsons Lathrop left doubts about who was really behind the story.

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The Discovery of an Unknown Ancient Population Changes Our Understanding of How North America Was Settled. DNA from an 11,500-year-old baby in Alaska is upending what we thought we knew.

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McSweeney's brings us a list of proposed state mottos in Latin that are more realistic and descriptive than their existing mottos. Some liberties had to be taken with the exact translations.

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Fascinatingly Filthy: How Bad Science Saved Lives in Victorian London. Cleaning up the city was the right thing to do, even if it was for the wrong reason.